Paul Casey was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, but moved with his family to Weybridge, Surrey at the age of six. He studied A levels at Strode’s College, Egham, Surrey, then took a golf scholarship at Arizona State University. In 2008, he married Jocelyn Hefner, a distant cousin of Playboy founder Hugh Hefners. After she abandoned an interior design course in 2011, the couple agreed to divorce. Casey started dating television presenter Pollyanna Woodward in 2013, and the couple welcomed their first son, Lex, on 1 September 2014.
About Paul Casey in brief
Paul Casey was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, but moved with his family to Weybridge, Surrey at the age of six. He studied A levels at Strode’s College, Egham, Surrey, then took a golf scholarship at Arizona State University. In 2008, he married Jocelyn Hefner, a distant cousin of Playboy founder Hugh Hefners. The couple lived a quiet life on a remote ranch in rural Arizona, where keen amateur horse woman Jocelynn competed in local equestrian events. After she abandoned an interior design course in 2011, the couple agreed to divorce. Casey started dating television presenter Pollyanna Woodward in 2013, and the couple welcomed their first son, Lex, on 1 September 2014. He re-joined the PGA Tour in 2009. Casey has featured in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking and was the highest ranked Englishman for a time. In January 2007 he reached a career high of No. 13 in the rankings. In 2006, Casey won the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, beating Shaun Micheel 10 and 8 in a record victory for the final.
Casey became the only player in Ryder Cup history to win a foursome match with a hole-in-one on Saturday, 23 September 2006, in Ireland. He was the leader of the European Tour Order of Merit in 2006, until Pádraig Harrington overtook him in the final event. Casey was a member of the victorious European Ryder Cup team and also won the WGC-World Cup for England in partnership with Luke Donald. He won the Volvo Golf Champions tournament in Bahrain in January 2011, having defeated Jhonattan Vegas in a tiebreaker during the 20 months leading up to the event. He had been ranked at No. 41 at the beginning of 2009, having won the Telus World Gameins in Canada in June 2013. Casey won his milestone 10th event at the BMW PGA Championship by winning one stroke over Wentworth resident and fellow Englishman Ross Fisher. In 2009 he achieved his highest position, third, in the OfficialWorld Golf Ranking.
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